Three Proctor Brothers Lynched After Jail Massacre
In Russellville Kentucky on December 19 a mob from Logan county took Arch Proctor and his father Dink Proctor from the jail and hanged them. Bill Proctor was killed by bullets in his cell. The trio faced murder and conspiracy charges related to the Adairville killings with Arch held on $2,000 bond and all three to stand trial.
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Arch, Dink
Bill Proctor
Russellville
Logan County
Adairville
Arch Proctor
Aaron
Doc” Grafton
Dink Proctor
Gratton
Dink
Desparado
Bill
Earthquakes Rattle Britain in Early Morning Shocks
Two strong earthquakes jolted Wales, the Midlands, and southern England with shocks at 3:00 and 5:30 am. Windsor Cheltenham Hereford reports of damage and panic, one woman dying of fright, chimneys and pinnacles toppled, Bridgnorth shows a firelike phenomenon, and villagers fear the end of the world.
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British Isles
London
Wales
Midlands
England
Windsor
Cheltenham
Wereford
Hereford
St. Nicholas’ Church
Bridgenorth
Shrewsbury
Poole
Peculiar Cause Fatal Wreck Hits Ohio Rail Line
At Hamden Ohio on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern line a fast express struck a cow causing a switch to open. Mail clerk Michael King was buried in shelled corn and died. Other postal clerks Shannon and O H Smith were injured. Conductor Thomas Brown escaped with bruises. No passengers seriously hurt.
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Chillicothe
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
Hamden
Here
Cutter
Thomas Brown
Michael King
Cincinnati
O. H. Smith
Shannon
Brown
Holiday Trade Signals Mixed Yet Robust for Season
The Dun and Co weekly review notes a large holiday trade confined to cheap goods with a stronger labor force impact. Expect no tariff action this session and big business next year. Iron and steel stocks weak amid a market panic after the Cameron resolution. Wheat rose briefly then ended lower. weekly failures: 387 in U S, 41 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Germany
Iron and Steel
At- Moss
Cameron
Senate Committee
Spain
St. Jual
Burlington
Rock Island
United States
Canada
Hungarian Mine Disaster at Regicza Deepens Tragedy
Dec 21 report from Rudy Pesth says a damp gas explosion hit a Regicza coal mine in Temes valley. Forty workers died outright, with 18 rescued seriously injured and 27 still entombed. Rescue efforts hampered by wreckage and afterdamp as teams work to reach the engine room.
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Rudy-Pesth
Regicza
Temes
Carlisle Delivers Treasury Report On Finances
Secretary Carlisle details the financial condition, urges reform of currency laws to retire notes, questions government role in issuing circulating notes, and suggests ways to raise revenue through tariff policy and potential bond use to restore a stable currency system.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Congress
Carlisle
Treasury
Treasury Department
ATI
United States
Hints for Green Cyclists and Telegraph Lines
A humorous guide cautions cyclists about falls and maneuvers with quirky tips. It notes safety habits for avoiding careless injuries and using roads. The piece then shifts to a factual statement about maintaining Britain’s 30,000 mile telegraph network and its annual operating cost of about 11.25 million dollars.
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Great Britain
Chicago Banks Close After National Bank of Illinois Failure
The National Bank of Illinois collapse triggers runs at three private Chicago banks and Roseland savings. Clearing House plans 75 percent advances to creditors. other banks suspend clearing as fear spreads. city and county funds tied to the bank.
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Chicago
National Bank of Illinois
E. Sy. Dyyer , Co
Wasmansdorff & Weinemann
Roseland Savings Bank
Roseland
National Bank of
R. S. Lacey
Bankers’ National Bank
Clearing House Committee
National Bank of Tlinois
Calumet Electric Street Railroad Company
S. Dreyer & Co
Robert Jerger
Dreyer
George Schneider
National Bank
Hig’ National Bank
Dearborn Street
Ilinois National
J. S. Dreyer & Co
Farson, Leach & Co
Garden City Banking & Trust Company
Greenbaum Sons
R. Haase d& Co
International Bank
Leopold, Mayer & Co
Oakland National Bank
Oak Park State Bank
W. G. Stoughton & Co
Wusmansdorff
Heinemann
West Side Bank
Siegel, Cooper & Co
S Bank
Adams Express Company
Adam Wolf
West Park Board
Car!roll
City
County
Autograph Books Turn To Recipes As Fad
Items of interest note a cooking recipe autograph trend with signatures under each formula. A Virginia firm set a record by ordering 1,000,000 pounds of smoking tobacco, while Belgium imported 2,169,847 pounds of raw hides from the United States and 43,000,000 pounds from Argentina and Uruguay. Grand Rapids residents oppose a snow removal ordinance, and Nashville adopts pneumatic tire equipped patrol wagons serving as ambulances.
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Worcester
North Piddle
Upton Snodsbury
Belgium
United States
Argentina
Uruguay
Grand Rapids
Nashville
Olneys Opinion Signals Clash Over Cuba Recognition
Secretary Olney warns the Cameron Cuban resolution would amount to political opinion, not legislation, risking a confrontation between the President and Congress. He notes the executive alone holds recognition power and suggests Congress may provoke a war declaration as a workaround if Cuba independence becomes a bone of contention.
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Congress
Washington
Dee
Cameron
Olney
Republic of Cuba
Republic of
Cuba
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Jhauses
Supreme Court
Madrid
Senor Dupuy de Lome
Bas
Spain
Cleveland
National Bank of Illinois Suspended by Bank Examiner
Chicago December 41 The National Bank of Illinois has suspended and will not open today. The clearing house committee moved after meeting at 1900 Prairie avenue citing unwarranted and injudicious lending. Bank books are in examiner custody. Deposits about 12.2 million, loans near 9.2 million, cash resources around 5.0 million. The bank, established 1871, is a Chicago landmark with capital of 1 million and surplus of 1 million.
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Chicago
National Bank of Illinois
Clearing House Committee
Elbridge G. Keith
Prairie Avenue
Innus
National Bank of Illinois J
Deep Waterway Commission In Session At Russell House
Detroit December 19 The United States deep waterway commission leading an inquiry into a trans Great Lakes ocean going passage is meeting at the Russell house in collaboration with a Canadian counterpart. President Angell of the University of Michigan heads the U S delegation with John E Russell and L Cooley as members. The Canadian team includes D A Howland T C Keefer and Thomas Monroe the latter Dominion official engineer.
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Detroit
Mich
United States Deep Waterway Comiission
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Congress
Russell House
United States Commission
Angell
University of Michigan
John E. Russell
Massachusetts
L. &. Cooley
Chicago
D.A. Howland
T. C. Keefer
Thomas Monroe
The
Dominion
Six Miners Die in Holy Cross Mine Blast
Six men were killed in a tunnel accident at the Holy Cross mine in the Holy Cross mining district, 16 miles from the courier’s location. A heavy blast collapsed earth and stone trapping the workers. names of the deceased were not provided.
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Red Cliff
Holy Cross
Gompers Re elected At Labor Federation Session
At the American Federation of Labor convention in Cincinnati delegates debated a proposed amendment to curb courts power and then reaffirmed Gompers as president. Election of officers followed with Morrison and Lennon among key officers. Nashville chosen for next session.
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Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Ashe
Boston
United States
Supreme Courts
United States Supreme Court
Weisemann
Yarnell
Federation
John B.lennon
Journeymen Tailors
Lennon
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
New York
P. J. McGuirre
Philadelphia
James Duncan
Baltimore
James O'Connell
Chicago
M. M. Garland
Pittsburgh
Frank Morrison
John D. Lennon
Bloomington
Nashville
Washington
Lloyd
Executive Council
Yeas
Committee On Law
Indianapolis
Death rumors and unrest in Havana over Macedo’s fate
Passengers aboard the Olivette report growing unease in Havana as Macedo’s death is debated. Generals Prats and Weyler are cited, with Bernal engaged after a battle near Matanzas. Spaniards claim victory, while some say the death report was a political ploy to sway the U.S. Congress. Then, a separate Ohio blaze near Sheffield kills a Finland-born couple and their grandchild.
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Key West
Fla
Olivette
Havana
Macedo
Prats
Matanzas
Weyler
Maceo
Bernal
Congress of the
United States
Ohio
Ashtabula
Dee
Sheffield
Here
P. Aelo
Finland
Woman in Chicago Develops Great Skill with Little Practice
Mrs. Clayton W. Carson of Chicago becomes a noted rifle shot with a string of successes at gun clubs and on North Dakota prairies. After a hesitant start in social life she took up gun sport on doctors orders, then mastered the trap with a 34 of 35 score and eight of ten birds in a recent contest.
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Clayton W. Carson
Chicago
Minnesota
Carson
North
Dakota woman hunting birds with 16 gauge shotgun
Mrs. Lyton W. Carson, a slender hunter, shoots 64 chickens in a tour missing two. She uses a double barreled 16 gauge shotgun with a soft rubber butt. She urges American women to learn dog and gun and enjoy field sport.
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Dakota
Make a Plaster Figure Look Like Marble Process
A Chicago Tribune note explains a plaster figure bath to imitate marble. Use two quarts of water and one ounce each of curd soap and white beeswax in an agate kettle. Dissolve, dip the figure, air dry, re-dip, then rub with flannel for a brilliant finish.
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Chicago Tribune
How to Mix Baking Powder at Home
Housekeepers can make baking powder with a simple long used formula. Dry six ounces of flour in the oven, mix with six ounces of soda and 131% ounces of cream of tartar, sift together, then store in airtight jars in a dark closet for best strength.
Silk Covered Quilts and Soup Tips From Homemakers
Women with leisure embrace satin and silk quilt covers featuring figured centers and bordered bands. A handy guide notes that soup scum is nutritious and should not be skimmed. When diluting soup, add cold water.
Absent-minded women aided by new pocketbook protector
The Chicago Tribune reports a purse protector invention that straps a pocketbook to the wrist with two riveted chains. Marketed to absent-minded individuals, especially women, it aims to prevent theft and loss by keeping valuables secured while allowing access.
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Joss
Chicago ‘Tribune
Elegant Black Fabrics Displayed For Winter Demand
The St. Louis Republic notes a strong winter preference for black materials with a special exhibit of black textiles. It highlights Mohairs Henrietta cloths crepons and silk blends in rich weaves, cords, satins and moires, plus durable faced cloths and English serge, forecasting higher demand than last year.
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St. Louis Republic
How to Dry Hair Brushes
After washing hair brushes they can be dried quickly and thoroughly without injuring bristles by brushing briskly with a whisk broom. Hold a few strands up and fan with a small whisk broom while the broom acts as a comb. The method substitutes for sunlight which cannot be ordered or relied upon.
Cheesecloth: A versatile, inexpensive household cloth
The article touts cheesecloth for many uses including straining jellies, cleaning, and general cleaning duties. It highlights its low cost and disposability after use, underscoring its practicality in the home.
Covering Writing Table with Black Velvet
An ordinary writing table looks better with a black velvet top. The velvet hides ink spots and makes papers and letters stand out clearly. It complements a bright living room as a patch on a lady's cheek.
Store Proprietor Seeks Experienced Floor Walker
A shop owner canvasses for a floor walker candidate citing his own experience. The applicant replies that he is an experienced hand and adds he is the father of nine children Adaims Mass Freeman.
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Adaims
Mass
Shortness Advocated There In Talk Of Engagements
A New York woman questions long engagements while a Chicago woman counters with a remark on marriages. The exchange underscores a stance favoring brevity in unions.
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New York
Chicago
N. Y. World
Rapid-fire humor from old papers on guns and brains
A quip-filled snippet from early 20th century columns discusses gun rapidity and a joke about a boy orator, noting exchanges from N Y Truth Bruins in Evidence and Chicago Record. It juxtaposes a inventor’s boast with a family quip about intellectual spouses and washing flannels.
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N. Y
Bruins
Henry
Chicago
A Matter of Doubt
Town Topics quotes a light exchange about trust and suspected theft with a humorous line about a pocket book and a father figure. The snippet presents a domestic tone and playful dialogue.
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Carlisle Reports
National of Illinois
Keechiess
National Bank of Minors
Mrs
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Lyton W. Carson
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